Tillandsia stricta Stiff Gray

Origins: All over South America, West Indies

Bloom: Large pink inflorescence with small deep blue/purple flowers

Light: Indirect to strong indirect light

Ideal for: Outdoors

Water: Spray or dunk once a week, allow to dry within 6-8 hours.  Soak monthly to rehydrate up to 4 hours as necessary

Stricta is a species with a ton of variety, including leaf shape, plant size, bloom color, and leaf color.  Stricta will quickly form clumps, althought individual plants grow bigger alone than in a clump which is typically not true of clumps.  Stricta typically gets bigger and fuller with each new generation